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Bibliog.— Bioletti, F. T., Notes on the genus Nemophila (Erythea 3:139-142, pi. 2,-1895). 

 Eastwood, A., Some small-flowered species of Nemophila from the Pacific Coast (Bull. Torr. Club 

 28:137-160, pi. 15-20, — 1901) ; New species of Nemophila from the Pacific Coast (I.e. 29:471- 

 474, pi. 21,-1902). Chandler, H. P., A revision of the genus Nemophila (Bot. Gaz. 34:194-215, 

 pis. 2-5,-1902); Notes on two Californian Nemophilas (I.e. 44:381-382,-1907). Suksdorf, 

 W. N., TJeber einige Nemophila-Formen (W. Am. Sci. 14:32-33,-1903). Macbride, F., Viticella 

 (Contrib. Gray Herb. 59:29-32,-1919). Chittenden, R. J., & Turrill, W. B., Taxonomie and 

 genetical notes on some species of Nemopliila (Kew Bull., 1926:1-12, pis. 1-2, 253, — 1926). 

 Constance, L., The genus Nemophila (Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 19:341-398, figs. 1-13,-1941) ; mono- 

 graphia excelsa. 



Flowers large (commonly 4% to 18 Unes broad) ; calyx-appendages much shorter than the calyx- 

 lobes. 

 Corolla white, 1 to 1% inches broad, with a conspicuous purple blotch at the apex of each lobe; 



Sierra Nevada, mainly in foothills 1. JV. maculata. 



Corolla blue or white, usually uniformly colored or veined or dotted, % to 1% inches wide 



(some vara, only 2 to 4 or 8 lines -(vide) ; common and widespread 2. N. memiesii. 



Flowers smaller (commonly % to 4 lines wide). 



Leaves cuneate, broadly 3-toothed at apex; calyx-appendages % (rarely more, usually much 

 less than %) as long as calyx-lobes; stems diffuse or prostrate; "high-montane dwarf. 



3. N. spatulata. 

 Leaves mostly pinnately divided or pinnatifid; stems usually ascending. 



Corolla 1% to 3 times as long as calyx, 2^^ to 6 Unes wide; calyx-appendages mostly 

 minute or none. 

 CoroUa blue to violet, rotate; stamens nearly equaling corolla-lobes; s. Sierra 



Nevada 4. jf, pulchella. 



Corolla commonly white, broadly campanulate or bowl-shaped; stamens hardly ex- 

 tending beyond base of corolla-lobes; Coast Bangea and cent, and n. Sierra 



Nevada ; common 5. 2f. heterophylla. 



Corolla equaling or shorter than calyx, only rarely and slightly exceeding it, % to 2% 

 lines wide. 

 Corolla equaling the calyx or nearly ; seeds 2 to 4, shallowly pitted. 



Calyx-appendages % to % as long as the calyx-lobes; stems usually prostrate; 

 leaf -blades usually oblong in outline, sinuately pinnate-parted or -cleft 



into 5 or 7 lobes ; widespread species 6. N. pedunculata. 



Calyx-appeudages usually minute, usually less than V^ as long as the calyx- 

 lobes; leaf -blades usually suborbicular or broadly ovate, commonly 

 pinnately cleft into 5 lobes ; stems usually ascending; north coastal (aa 



to species) or Sierra Nevada (as to vars.) 7. N. parviflora. 



CoroUa much shorter than the calyx; calyx-appendages smaU or minute- seed 1 

 smooth; stems ascending; Modoc Co &.N. hreviflora. 



1. N. maculata Beuth. Sierra Five-spot. Stems several from the base, de- 

 cumbent or ascending, 5 to 10 inches long ; leaf -blades broadly oblong in outline,' 1 to 

 1^ inches long, pinnately parted into 5 to 9 ovate or suborbicular divisions or lobes 

 the lobes entire or 2 or 3-lobed; upper leaves usually (or sometimes all the leaves) 

 ■with only 3 (or 5) entire lobes mucronate at tip and with cuneately tapering base, 

 or lanceolate and entire; peduncles surpassing the leaves ; corolla white, with rows 

 of purple dots radiating from the center to the large pui-ple spot at the end of each 

 lobe, 1 to IVs inches broad ; scales half free, rolled toward the filaments, ciliate. 



Valley flats or meadows in the foothills or at middle altitudes in the mountains, 

 1500 to 6500 feet : Sierra Nevada from Plumas Co. to Kern Co. Apr.-June. 



Locs. — Indian VaUey, Plumas Co., Ames; Penn Valley, Nevada Co., Jepson 15,090; Pilot 

 Hill, Eldorado Co., Jepson 15,760 ; Angels Gamp, E. A. Button; Calaveras Big Trees, A. L. Grant; 

 Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 623; Chinese Camp, Tuolumne Co., Jepson 18,070; Fresno 

 Flats, Madera Co., Jepson; Arnold Mdw., Fresno Co., A. L. Grant 1387; betw. Neff HUl and 

 Grant Park, Fresno Co., H. P. Kelley ; Watts Valley, Fresno Co., Hoover 3935; Whipstock Flat 

 Tulare Co., Jepson; Colony Mill, Tulare Co., W. Fry 345 ; Greenhorn Mts., Hall 4- Babcock 5034.' 



Eefs. — Nemophila maculata Benth; Lindl., Jour. Hort. Soc. Lond. 3:320, fig. (1848), type 

 from Cal., Hartweg ; more specifically, "ad rivulos in montibus Sacramento" (Benth., PI. Hartw. 

 326), that is. Sierra Nevada foothiUs, right bank of the Yuba Eiver (cf. Erythea 5:55) • Van 

 Houtte, Fl. Serres, 5: t. 431 (1849) ; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 434 (1901), ed. 2, 337 (1911) 'Man 

 812 (1925). Viticella maculata Mcbr., Contrib. Gray Herb. 59:30 (1919). .V. speciosa Hartw.; 

 Lindl., Jour. Hort. Soc. Lond., 3:319, fig. (1848), type a garden plant raised from Cal. seed ooV- 

 lected by Hartweg. 



